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Title: Bridging Health and Wealth: Building, Support, Preservation


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Bridging Health and Wealth Building, Support,
Preservation
  • Lisa Forti
  • Program Coordinator, Income and Asset Development
  • Urban Strategies Council www.urbanstrategies.org
  • and the Alameda County Community Asset Network
  • www.alamedacountycan.org
  • lisaf_at_urbanstrategies.org 510-463-2882

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About Urban Strategies Council
  • Non-profit founded in 1987 in Oakland, California
  • Mission To eliminate persistent poverty by
    working with partners to transform low-income
    neighborhoods into vibrant, healthy communities.
  • Operating Programs
  • Economic Opportunity
  • Community Safety Justice
  • Education Excellence
  • Support Programs
  • Research Technology
  • Community Capacity Building

3
About Alameda County CAN the whole is greater
than the sum of its parts
  • Why AC CAN?
  • AC CAN seeks to build our members capacity and
    increase the effectiveness and efficiency of
    providers on the front lines of the economic
    crisis.
  •  AC CAN Members and Partners are trusted advisors
    in their communities.
  • AC CAN develops tools and resources for
    providers.
  • AC CAN Members Provide
  • Financial education and counseling
  • Benefits enrollment (including health insurance)
    and work supports
  • Employment assistance
  • Credit building and repair
  • Banking saving products
  • Housing and foreclosure assistance
  • Legal advocacy
  • Education about predatory lending
  • And much more
  • Who benefits from
  • AC CANs Tools?
  • Asset Builders
  • Financial Educators, Counselors and Coaches
  • Social Service Providers (including health and
    childcare providers)
  • Community Organizers
  • VITA site volunteers and staff
  • Community-based organizations
  • Alameda County residents!

4
Why Health/Wealth?Health gt Health care
  • The wealthiest people have the most access to
    power, resources and opportunity and thus the
    best health.
  • Those on the bottom are faced with more stressors
    unpaid bills, jobs that dont pay enough,
    unsafe living conditions, exposure to
    environmental hazards, lack of control over work
    and schedule, worries over children and the
    fewest resources available to help them cope.1

How do disparities arrive?
Quality of care
Access to care
Life experiences
Figure 1
5
Health/Wealth
The net effect is a health-wealth gradient, in
which every descending rung of the socioeconomic
ladder corresponds to worse health. And its not
just the poorest among us who are suffering, but
the middle classes too.1
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What do we do about the Health/Wealth
Gradient?Cease to Work in Silos
Health/Wealth Connection Collaborative (HWCC) of
the East Bay
  • Examples of Innovation
  • Alameda County Public Health Department and
    Alameda County CAN
  • Contra Costa Public Healths Family and Maternal
    Child Health (FMCH) and Community Financial
    Resources (CFR)
  • Brighter Beginnings, CFR and EarnItKeepItSaveIt
  • Savings Pathway in the San Antonio neighborhood
    of Oakland

7
An Economic and Health Justice Symposium
  • Goals
  • Create a Paradigm Shift to Integrate
    Health/Wealth Solutions 
  • Build Bridges Across Disciplines
  • Objectives
  • Build Buy-In, Support, and Political Will Among
    Key Stakeholders and Decision-Makers.
  • Propose Solutions and Formulate Action Steps

8
References Resources
  • Adler, Nancy et al. Reaching for a Healthier
    Life Facts on Socioeconomic Status and Health in
    the US.
  • Alameda County Public Health Department (May
    2008) Life and death from unnatural causes
    Health and social inequity in Alameda County
  • Building Blocks for Healthy Babies, Healthy
    Families and Healthy Communities, Alameda County,
    September 10, 2009 (buildingblocksalamedacounty.wo
    rdpress.com)
  • In Sickness and In Wealth. Unnatural Causes Is
    Inequality Making Us Sick? Prod. California
    Newsreel 2008.
  • Iton, Anthony Tackling the Root Causes of Health
    Disparities Through Community Capacity Building
    in Tackling Health Inequities Through Public
    Health Practice A Handbook for Action
  • Jones, Camara Phyllis MD, MPH, PhD, Research
    Director on Social Determinants of Health in the
    Division of Adult and Community Health, National
    Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health
    Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and
    Prevention. Presentation at www.acphd.org/healthe
    quity
  • Lu, Michael MD, MPH, David Geffen School of
    Medicine UCLA School of Public Health

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Thank You!
  • Health/Wealth Connection Collaborative (HWCC) of
    the East Bay
  • Alameda County CAN Urban Strategies Council
    Lisa Forti lisaf_at_urbanstrategies.org and
    www.alamedacountycan.org
  • Alameda County Public Health Department Bina
    Patel Shrimali Bina.Patel_at_acgov.org and the
    Public Health Clearinghouse 1-888-604-INFO (4636)
  • Brighter Beginnings Barbara Bunn McCullough,
    Ph.D. bbmccullough_at_brighter-beginnings.org
  • Community Financial Resources Lauren Leimbach
    lauren_at_communityfinancialresources.net
  • Contra Costa County FMCH Cheri Pies, MSW DrPH
    CPies_at_hsd.cccounty.us
  • San Antonio Savings Pathway Sean Coffey, Lao
    Family Community Development scoffey_at_laofamilynet.
    org and Don Little Cloud Davenport, San Antonio
    CDC ltcloud_at_sbcglobal.net
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